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St. James' Episcopal Church Ke Akua Alaka‘i iā Kākou: The Lord Leads Us St. James’ Episcopal Church Waimea, Hawaii 30 March 1913 to 30 March 2013 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION A CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF SAINT JAMES’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH WAIMEA, HAWAI’I 30 March 1913 to 30 March 2013 Compiled by The Church History Committee: Babs Kamrow Doris Purdy Laurie Rosa Bob Stern Fr. Guy Piltz, Consultant Jo Amanti Piltz, History Coordinator Collect for Saint James’ Day, July 25: Grant, O merciful God that, as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Book of Common Prayer, 1892 KE AKUA ALAKA’ I Iā Kākou: THE LORD LEADS US. Led by God, a church is an expression of its people and their faith, and the founding of a new church is the result of the confluence of the hopes of holy people, the catalyst of a new priest, and the support of a bishop. In early 1912, all those elements joined in the village of Waimea on the Island of Hawai’i. In the wider world, 1912 was an important year. Woodrow Wilson was elected 26th President of the United States; Sun Yat Sen established the Republic of China; and the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic. On a more modest scale, in Waimea a dedicated group of Episcopalians bought a building and named their fledgling church Saint James’(see Appendix A). Long before the arrival in 1902 of the Right Reverend Henry Bond Restarick, the first American bishop, there had been Anglican priests ministering to the congregations of the Kohala Missions on the island of Hawai’i. The largest of these churches were located near the great sugar plantations of North Kohala, but once a month, the priest-in-charge traveled south on horseback over the rough mountain road to the small ranch town of Waimea. There a group of Episcopalian families gathered in homes or in the town hall for Sunday school, sermon, and the sacraments. Then in 1911, the Bishop found the perfect candidate to succeed Fr. Joseph Gunn as priest-in-charge of the Kohala Missions, the Reverend Mr. Frank W. Merrill. A native of Boston, Fr. Merrill was no stranger to Hawai’i or to the needs of diverse congregations. Although he was in Wisconsin when Queen Liliokalani’s government was overthrown, Fr. Merrill had taught at Iolani School and Fr. Frank Merrill, priest-in-charge of the served as a deacon missionary in Kaneohe while Bishop North Kohala Missions from 1911 to 1915 Willis was in charge of the Anglican Church in Hawai’i. (Hawaiian Church Chronicle, December 1912). He spent seven years as a curate in two Anglican parishes in Adelaide, Australia, and twenty-two years as a mission priest in Wisconsin. In addition to his church commitments in Wisconsin, he opened and managed a hospital, and he also ran a day school and a night school. In 1911, he returned to Honolulu, and Bishop Restarick immediately recognized him as a seasoned priest especially fitted to the demands of the Kohala Missions. “He [Fr. Merrill] saw at once that to minister only to the English speaking congregation would take little of his time, and he determined to try to reach others. Having in previous years been a Missionary among the Oneida Indians, and before that he worked . in Australia, . he was accustomed to deal with various races and conditions of men (Hawaiian Church Chronicle, Dec. 1912).” ~ 1 ~ Fr. Merrill found a group of like-minded people in Waimea, and by the summer of 1912, members of the tiny congregation had named their church for St. James the Great (Feast Day on 25 July) and had begun to raise money to order a church building from the American Portable House Company of Seattle. A friend of Fr. Merrill gave money for folding chairs, and the Women’s Auxiliary on O’ahu donated a small organ. With the building already on its way, Fr. Merrill and the church members turned their attention to finding a property on which to erect their new chapel. With this need in mind, on 30 September 1912, Fr. Merrill wrote to Alfred W. Carter, the manager of Parker Ranch: “If you will be so kind to help us in securing a site for our little Chapel at Waimea. We would rather not build on ‘Church Hill’ as our little Chapel is so tiny that it would look like an adjunct to the other church buildings there and its purpose might be mistaken.” Fr. Merrill knew that the project was tentative, and he wrote honestly, “the work is so experimental that it will not be worthwhile to purchase the land at the present time.” He went on to suggest that if the project failed “on account of no clergyman to supply there,” they would not be burdened by land debt and could “easily sell the building.” When Fr. Merrill wrote this letter, he had borrowed to cover the balance of the building’s cost and had yet to raise money for the shipping, yet he hoped to have the chapel in place and ready for Bishop Restarick to bless by the first of November. Carter answered Merrill’s letter on 15 October. He suggested that a site other than a piece “between the Court House Corner and the Social Hall” might not be possible because that was “government land reserved I think for the school.” But he promised to discuss the matter with Mrs. Henry Beckley when he returned to Waimea about the first of November. He also enclosed a donation of $116.00 to “apply to the building fund for your new church.” On December 16, in a letter also forwarded to the Bishop, Mr. Carter wrote to Fr. Merrill and Mrs. Beckley that “The application for a church lot at Waimea for which a survey has been made, 50 feet by 100 feet,” and he promised that Parker Ranch would provide “all the necessary putty and paint” for the new church. Mrs. Beckley was charged with choosing “all the necessary paint.” By the time the Bishop received this message, the new chapel was assembled on its site, complete with interior stain, olive green exterior with white trim, furniture, and altar linens for a total of $576.26. All the necessary expenses had been “raised Earliest picture locally by gifts, subscriptions, of the original St. and a very successful luau James’ chapel in its first location near given by the church people of the old Courthouse the place.” in Waimea (Hawaiian Church Chronicle, May 1914). ~ 2 ~ CHRISTMAS 1912: THE FIRST SERVICE On Saturday, 21 December 1912, Fr. Merrill and his family rode halfway across the Kohala Mountains on horseback to give the church people at St. James’ their Christmas service. “Mrs. Henry Beckley kindly provided a hack for the last and hardest part of the trip. It was the first service in the new chapel, which is a little gem for a mission chapel. The service is a celebration of Holy Communion and sermon, the congregation numbering eighteen, and there were five communions made. The chapel was beautifully decorated, red being the predominant color. Miss Merrill played the organ. The missionary and his family were most hospitably entertained by Mrs. Sharratt during their stay in Waimea (H.C.C. January 1913).” On Christmas Eve, members of St. James’, Mrs. Henry Beckley, her sister Miss Maud Woods, and Miss Nora Keawe, began a tradition at the town hall, part of which is still continued in Waimea today; they provided a Christmas tree and a Santa Claus to distribute gifts for the children of the town. “It was a wonderful success, over a hundred children being provided with gifts and as much ice cream and cake as they could eat. People came for many miles to see the first Christmas Tree ever given at Waimea. A moving picture company most generously gave a fine entertainment for the children free of charge.” In the years that followed, there were no moving pictures, but the gifts and the tree continued, thanks to Parker Ranch. A NEW MISSION AND A NEW PRIEST In the yearly report sent to the diocese in January 1913, Fr. Merrill listed the original members who attended and supported St. James’: Mr. Henry Beckley and family, Archie Ka’aua and family, Mrs. Sharratt, Mrs. Livingston (nee Sharratt), Mr. and Mrs. Arioli, Mr. and Mrs. Hartman, Mrs. St. Sure and children, Mr. and Mrs. H. Smart (when in residence), Yu Chin and family, and Miss Maud Woods. The desired consecration of the St. James’ chapel was delayed month after month, but finally after an early Easter in 1913, Bishop Restarick was free to make his first visit to Waimea since the church was built. “The Bishop left Honolulu on March 28, landing at Kawaihae early on Saturday morning, . and he was driven to Waimea. The Bishop stayed at the hotel, which is now kept by Mrs. Sharratt.” Later on Saturday, he visited the little church. There he met Mr. Ernest Parker, Mrs. Henry Beckley, Miss Spencer, and others decorating the building “with numerous callas which grow in Waimea to perfection (H.C.C., April 1913).” On Sunday, March 30, the little chapel was blessed by the Bishop, who also offered Holy Eucharist and sermon. Despite Fr. Merrill’s concern that the “project might fail,” the St.
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